pig-a-back

Noun

piggyback (countable and uncountable, plural piggybacks)

1. (countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
2. An act or instance of piggybacking.
   • The growth is taken for granted; what absorbs Americans today is the implication of piggyback for gross revenues and, more important, net profits.1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 683
3. The connection of one intravenous drip to another.
   • Piggyback medications are given through a port of an existing intravenous site. […] Calculation of the drip rate for piggybacks is the same as any other drip rate.1989, Alice J. Smith, Dosage and Solutions Calculations: The Dimensional Analysis Way, page 258

   Synonyms:

   IVPB

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